Robert S. "Bob" Pozorski, 89, of Oak Park, died on April 6, 2016. Born on June 6, 1926 in northwest Chicago, near Addison and Narragansett, when the houses were new and surrounded by prairies, he graduated from Steinmetz High School, attended Wright Junior College, the University of Chicago, and, ultimately, graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Business Administration.

Muriel Claire Kotchever Schnierow, 88, after eight years of battling heart and lung disease, died on April 24, 2016 in her Oak Park home while listening to Bach. She attended Sullivan High School and the University of Wisconsin and subsequently moved to Oak Park where she spent 20 years as a successful real estate broker and became the first woman to sell commercial real estate in this area.

Kathleen Hennessey (nee Dorn), 68, died on April 30, 2016. Born in Chicago on Aug. 3, 1947 to Mathew and Ann Dorn, she graduated from Siena High School in Chicago and from Dominican University. She lived in Oak Park for 45 years and was a longtime parishioner at St. Giles Church. She retired in 2011 after many years of teaching in the Berwyn Public Schools and at Ascension Catholic School.

Douglas R. Bespole, 59, of Naperville, died on April 28, 2016. Born on Aug. 9, 1956, he was co-owner of Great Lakes Milk Products Inc. He was a member of the Oak Park Country Club and the Chicago Yacht Club and was an avid golfer with a wonderful sense of humor.

Dr. Richard Harvey Blankshain, 86, of Parrish, Florida, formerly of Oak Park and River Forest, died on March 21, 2016. Born on Nov. 8, 1929, he was the only child of Grace Elizabeth Blankshain (nee Lundberg) and Harvey William Blankshain.

What qualities anchored Gerri Brauneis to her life and work? What words come to the fore? Certainly love and respect, as well as commitment and stamina. Gerri generously fought, decade after decade, for social justice in so many forms.

Alexander Magee, 93, died at his Oak Park home on April 11, 2016. Born on Aug. 31, 1922, he served in World War II as First Lieutenant Lead Bombardier in the 8th Air Force at Lavenham, England. He led 29 heavy bombardment formation attacks on Nazi targets in Occupied France and Germany in B24s and B17s and was twice decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal five times.

Frank DeMuynck was born on March 12, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas and, at 7, began studying the trumpet. He and his older brother, Marshall, who also played an instrument, made music together in the local community marching band and became well-known playing on the popular Saturday radio show, The Kansas City Kiddies. They entertained at country theaters and for private parties in the elite Mission Hills district.